HEllo and Welcome to my sewing room…..I hope you will pop by often…..it’s a busy place. ALL MY DESIGNS HAVE LITERARY, TRAVEL OR HISTORICAL THEMES PLUS LOTS OF CHIT CHAT ABOUT SEWING STUFF AND MY DRESSMAKING ENDEAVOURS.
JOURNAL 2026
Spring
Oh March you are so welcome. I have gorgeous sunlight flooding into my sewing room and plenty of projects to keep my needles busy. At the moment I am working on a needlepoint map of Stockholm (watch this space), some fairisle fingerless mitts, a botanical embroidered study of lichen and moss, an embroidered and quilted jacket for summer and ….. well, there is more. Long walks along the beach and home decorating projects are all in the mix too but what a wonderful time of year this is.
Ruby xx
… Needlepoint is not a difficult form of embroidery and is actually very mediative. The colours on the kit were so bright and vibrant and as you build the design, that lovely feel of something hardwearing and enduring starts to creep in. It is no wonder that tapestries are some of the oldest surviving textiles in the world, because as you weave the stitches, the wool forms a carpet like fabric and you just know it is forever.